This is the period of the year, cold, wet, still dark, besieging and unforgiving — and that’s before the Christmas credit card bill arrives — that, according to suicide prevention group Pieta House is the most challenging time of the year for those struggling with mental health issues.

Munster rugby player Billy Holland and barber Tom Winters officially launched The Mercy Hospital Foundation’s Decembeard campaign today.

Santa has sent an elf on the shelf with a difference to wreak havoc in a Co Louth home in order to raise awareness of autism.

LATEST: A major march is underway in Dublin this afternoon - demanding Government action on the housing crisis.

Hundreds of women are going on strike for International Women's Day to raise awareness about Ireland's abortion laws.

Larry Cummins went to Farran to catch a gang of fundraisers rowing and running in the local gym for a great cause; Pieta House.

Consumers are being warned of the dangers of carbon monoxide as a week of awareness about the highly poisonous gas begins in Ireland.

Two and half thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Ireland every year.

School traffic wardens have been reporting abusive behaviour to local authorities, prompting a new awareness campaign.

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Data does not support the general perception that the incidence of suicide in Ireland is increasing, a senior official in the CSO has claimed.

A promise made to a mother who lost her son to suicide will be honoured at a special conference on mental health and suicide this coming weekend.